Auction Reports
Trafford Books
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Trafford Book Auction
- Auction Date
- 09/09/2026 - 09/09/2026
- Sale Number
- #445
- Total Lots
- 185
- Sold Lots
- 106.0
- Lots Sold
- 57.30%
- Unsold Lots
- 79
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 0.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 7,810.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 10,030.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 0.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 17,570.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- NaN%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | Churchill Winston S. | The Dawn of Liberation |
1945 | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 805.00 |
| 157 | Collection of RPs |
1900s-1920s | GBP 350.00 - 400.00 | GBP 322.00 | |
| 168 | Dukinfield topography postcards |
N/A | GBP 350.00 - 400.00 | GBP 322.00 | |
| 54 | American Politicians and few other celebrities: a collection of Autographs |
N/A | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 299.00 | |
| 17 | Whillans Don (1933-1985) | Autograph letter and signed photographs |
1985 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 253.00 |
| 26 | McInnes;Tucker;Ingham;Duckers | 8 Books, including: The Annuity Meritorious Service Medal 1847-1953 |
1995-2000;1997;1996;1999 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 212.75 |
| 44 | Togo Count; Kitchener Field-Marshal; Beresford Admiral; Foch Marshal | Military Autographs |
1888; 1893; 1911 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 207.00 |
| 16 | Collection of German Autographs |
1895 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 201.25 | |
| 18 | Collection of Autographs |
1903 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 195.50 | |
| 41 | Haig Douglas; Roberts Lord; Beatty David; Keppel George; Hackett John; Stanford-Tuck R | Military autographs |
N/A | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 189.75 |
| 4 | Autographed commemorative covers |
N/A | GBP 40.00 - 50.00 | GBP 178.25 | |
| 139 | UK Topography |
1906; 1926 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 172.50 | |
| 117 | Desmond | Sports Records; Film Favourites; Film Stars; Boxing Personalities |
N/A | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 166.75 |
| 141 | LL | Collection of Postcards |
1899; 1930s | GBP 170.00 - 200.00 | GBP 166.75 |
| 100 | Jackson, Glenda; Pickup, Ronald; Seagrave, Jenny; Redman, Amanda; Irons, Jeremy; Phillips, Sian; Lawley, Sue; French, Dawn; Miles, Sarah; Hampshire, Susan; Glitter, Gary; Van Doren, Mamie; Slater, Christian; Tamblyn, Russ | Album of Entertainers’ Autographs |
N/A | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 155.25 |
| 142 | Clark J | Suffragettes |
N/A | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 149.50 |
| 179 | Manchester & area topography and themes postcards |
1934 | GBP 70.00 - 90.00 | GBP 143.75 | |
| 137 | Thiele Arthur | Edwardian Collection |
1913 | GBP 140.00 - 160.00 | GBP 138.00 |
| 180 | Manchester City Centre postcards |
1900s-1960s | GBP 60.00 - 70.00 | GBP 120.75 | |
| 212 | Commercial Covers |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 120.75 |
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Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 702. Munster's Largest 16th Century Edition, with Over 220 Woodcut Maps (1598) Est. $18,000 - $20,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 101. Rare Jo Mora "Carte" Showing a NYC-to-Seattle Route through Panama Canal (1933) Est. $900 - $1,100Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 65. The Waldseemuller/Fries "Admiral's Map" (1541) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 46. Contains all 30 Plates from Atlas Coelestis in Full Original Color (1742) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 129. The First Map to Name New Scotland and Cape Cod (1625) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 663. The First Printed Map Devoted to the Pacific in Full Contemporary Color (1589) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 629. De Jode's Rare Map of Eastern Asia (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 171. De Bry's Influential Map of Colonial North America (1591) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 691. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Holy Trinity (1502) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Sept 16):
Lot 606. Important, Early Atlas of Japan with 75 Woodcut Maps in Printed Color (1837) Est. $2,000 - $2,300 -
Koller, Sep. 16: FRANZÖSISCHE REVOLUTION - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE - Extrait des Procès-Verbaux de L'Assemblée Nationale, Des 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Août & premier Octobre 1789.Koller, Sep. 16: MOURADJA D'OHSSON, IGNACE. Tableau général de l'Empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties dont l'une comprend la Législation Mahométane, l'autre l'histoire de l'Empire Othoman [... ]Koller, Sep. 16: BOTANIK - Blackwell, Elisabeth. A curious herbal, containig five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.Koller, Sep. 16: SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Physica Sacra. Iconibus Aeneis illustrata procurante & sumtus suppeditante.Koller, Sep. 16: HAIMONSKINDER – Eyn schön lustig Geschicht, wie Keyser Carle der groß, vier gebrüder, Hertzog Aymont von Dordons Süne [...]Koller, Sep. 16: KRÄUTERBÜCHER - HORTUS SANITATIS - [H]ortus Sanitatis. De herbis et plantis. De animalibus et reptilibus. De avibus et volatilibus. De piscibus et natalibus…Koller, Sep. 16: GAUGUIN, PAUL, MALER (1848-1903). Eigenhändiger Brief mit Unterschrift und Couvert. An den Künstler und Freund Daniel de Monfreid in Paris. -
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, 1746 [bound with] A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, [c.1755]. £30,000 - £50,000Forum, Sep. 24: Gafurius (Franchinus). De Harmonia Musicorum Instrumentorum Opus, first edition, Milan, Gotarto da Ponte, 1518. £20,000 - £30,000Forum, Sep. 24: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, 1937. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Stackelberg (Otto Magnus v). Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, first edition, Rome, 1825. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Sep. 24: Piranesi (Giovanni Battista). Le Antichita Romane, 4 vol., Rome, Bouchard and Gravier, 1756. £10,000 - £15,000Forum, Sep. 24: Henry VIII's Primer.- Church of England.- The Primer, set foorth by the Kynges maiestie and his clergie…,, first edition, by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, 1545; bound with 2 others, similar. £10,000 - £15,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, fifth edition, ink inscription in the author's hand laid down to half-title, 1869. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Siebold (P.F. von) J.G. Zuccarini and F.A.W. Miquel. Flora Japonica, 2 vol., first edition, Leiden, for the author, 1835-70. £6,000 - £8,000Forum, Sep. 24: Illuminated manuscript facsimile.- Constitution Of India (The), Dehra Dun, Survey of India Offices, [c. 1950]. £3,500 - £5,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
24th September 2026Forum, Sep. 24: Mao Tse-tung. Quotations of Chairman Mao, prototype edition, Shenyang, compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of Shenyang Military Region, 1963. £3,000 - £4,000Forum, Sep. 24: Richardson (John). Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 vol., first edition, Norwich, Josiah Fletcher, 1829-37. £4,000 - £6,000Forum, Sep. 24: Mite (The), the printer/publisher's own copy with the original type and printing blocks for all three of its editions (1891, 1893 & 1896), Grimsby, Ernest A. Robinson, 1891. £3,000 - £4,000. -
Leland Little, September 11: Kenneth Claiborne Royall (1894-1971), Large Archive with Letters from Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Leland Little, September 11: Harry S. Truman, Scarce Autograph Letter Signed as 33rd U.S. President.Leland Little, September 11: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) (1835-1910), Autograph Quotation Signed.Leland Little, September 11: The History of North America, the Extremely Scarce Deluxe "Edition of the Presidents."Leland Little, September 11: Scarce First Edition of Krafft's The American Distiller.Leland Little, September 11: Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room.Leland Little, September 11: A Signed Limited Edition of Love in the Time of Cholera.Leland Little, September 11: The Extremely Scarce Limited and Extra-Illustrated Edition of The Works of Charles Dickens.Leland Little, September 11: A Beautifully Bound Limited Edition of Émile Zola's The Rougon-Macquart.Leland Little, September 11: The Elaborately Bound and Extremely Scarce The Shakespeare Gallery.Leland Little, September 11: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting, A Signed Limited Edition Four Volume Set.Leland Little, September 11: Signed Limited Edition of Salmon-Salmon with a Chapter on Iceland. -
Sotheby’s
Original Film Posters
10 September 2026Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: The Invisible Man (1933). Extremely Rare US Leader Press One Sheet. £20,000 to £26,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: You Only Live Twice (1967). Italian Advance Quattro Fogli. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: A Dog's Life (1918). Extremely Rare US One Sheet. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: La Belle et la Bête/Beauty and the Beast (1946). French Style A Grande. £12,000 to £18,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). US Lenticular Prototype One Sheet. £10,000 to £15,000.Sotheby’s, Sep. 10: Théâtre d’Ombres (1897). Exceptionally Rare French Poster. £8,000 to £12,000.